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Toyota has 10 plants in the United States... and employ

Toyota has 10 plants in the United States… and employs more than 130,000 Americans. If I were Mr. Trump, I’d treat them with more respect.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
The end-to-end value chain analysis proposed by the World Economic Forum has proved to be useful methodology, not only to identify trade barriers but also to highlight the importance of coordination among public-sector institutions.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
There is no one trade agreement in the world that has country-specific content. It doesn’t exist. Content has to be measured regionally.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
NAFTA is a trilateral agreement, and it would make a lot of sense to have trilateral discussions.
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A scenario without NAFTA is something we have to think about.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
Every challenge has the opportunity to convert into a winning proposition.
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NAFTA has been a great success for the three countries involved.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
There is an old tool that has become very handy that is called strategic patience, which is do not overreact in the short-term. Take your time. See what is the underlying, real message. And then, once the reality is represented by actions, then decide how you are going to react to those actions.
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The actions taken by the Cuban government with its new trade zone open up the potential of strategic investments from Mexico. Mexican companies are very excited.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
There won’t be a law with sanctions, but Mexicans and Mexican consumers will know how to value those companies that are loyal to our national identity and those that are not.
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Opening the Pandora’s box of tariffs will be an endless game, and it will be a lose-lose proposition.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
We can be a very natural partner as a support base for Ireland to use Mexico to enter into the North American and South American markets and for Mexico, in turn, to really take advantage of Ireland as a gateway to the European markets.
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NAFTA, by itself, will not collapse. The possibility is that the United States leaves the treaty, but the treaty itself would keep regulating relations between Canada and Mexico.
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We believe more in bridges and making the border better.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
One of the good things that’s happening in manufacturing in Mexico is that the old maquiladora that was relegated to just assembling things has changed in different sectors. One of these sectors is the aerospace industry and in how we attract workers that have been in technical school.
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We are willing to consider any rebalancing as long as it’s through trade expansion, not through trade restriction. As long as it’s about how can we buy more from each other, we’re willing to work that way.
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I’m not going to negotiate with Brazil for its pretty face. I’m going to negotiate with Brazil because they’re going to open their car-manufacturing market.
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E-commerce, telecom – those things have to be captured by the new NAFTA.
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We are fed up with complaints that Mexico is stealing jobs from U.S. manufacturing. We are part of the solution that has maintained competitiveness for the U.S. versus China.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
If you throw obstacles at the relationship with Mexico, you would be shooting yourself in the foot.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
You cannot set salaries by decree. At the end of the day, it doesn’t work with the market. What you can make sure to do is to train workers in order to make them more efficient and demand higher salaries because of their qualifications.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
At the end of the day, we have to find a way to compete better with the world.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
Mexico is very well positioned in the IT sector, thanks to our closeness to North America and how things are being developed in Silicon Valley.
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It makes no sense to introduce an agreement with border restrictions or tariffs.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
I can’t come back home with an agreement that will not be a win-win-win situation for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
The list of traceability for some automotive components needs to be rethought for new technologies to send adequate signals about the strengthening of the value chains in North America.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
If there is any action that punishes imports to the North American market and encourages U.S. exports, you have to reflect it in a mirror action to counteract the change of incentives that this would make for activity and investment in Mexico.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
I’m sure the apple guys from Washington state or the corn guy from Iowa will not like tariffs on corn or apples.
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I do believe that as the country becomes more attractive in the manufacturing sector, salaries can improve, and opportunities can expand.
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We understand U.S. position, but we have to find a way to make trade translate into better jobs in North America.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal